By USA Men’s National Team Coach Dejan Udovicic says his team can be competitive with “everyone” in 18 months to two years. That in a Hungarian TV interview after his young team fell to their top-ranked hosts 12-6 on Wednesday. Alex Bowen scored twice in the loss in which 16-yr-old Connecticut
FINA Publishes New Rules for International Play
Fina Executive Director Cornel Marculescu distributed via email today an update to the organizing body’s water polo rules for 2013-2017. The changes, many of which are rules interpretations more than actual new regulations, were decided at the FINA Congress held in Barcelona in July. The new rules went in to effect
Vavic Among Surge in Hiring of Balkan, Hungarian Coaches
Update: Water Polo Australia announced early Tuesday evening the appointment of Croatian Elvis Fatovic as head coach of its men’s national team. A youthful and revamped version of the US Senior National Team with its new leader Jovan Vavic turned away Argentina in an exhibition match on Saturday in Orange County,
Select CA High School Boys to Scrimmage Argentina Senior Men
A group of Southern California high school boys have been selected for the unique chance to scrimmage against the Argentina senior national team on Saturday the 26th. The event, announced today in a tweet by USA Water Polo, and organized by Orange Lutheran coach Steve Carrera will be streamed live
Pre-Olympic Interview with Former US Head Coach Monte Nitzkowski
The US men earned a mature and controlled victory over opening round opponent Montenegro on Sunday, punctuated by a world-class goal by Tony Azevedo with less than a minute left in the match. The team captain, who was targeted defensively all evening by the Montenegrins, is considered the finest American
USA v. Hungary
An improbable, inspirational, and nearly magical tournament is over. The US was overmatched and overwhelmed despite remaining within four goals of the winner of three consecutive Olympic gold medals. Karma, mojo, whatever you want to call it, ran out in crashing fashion. Merrill Moses had his worst game of the
Serbia v. Montenegro
Serbia wins the bronze over Montenegro, 6-4. I didn’t follow the game completely, only learning late that Sefik and Sapic weren’t going to play. I did catch a glance at a particularly interesting shot of a Montenegrin clutching a Serbs throat at two meters. No matter how much the Serbs
USA v. Serbia
[Terry Schroeder] recalled how in 1988 Russia “threw” a match to face the United States in the semifinals, rather than Yugoslavia. The ploy motivated the Americans to knock out Russia. “If Serbia gets that far, we’ll be ready for them,” he said.* They were ready. Merrill Moses led the US,
USA v. Germany
A historic win for the Yanks, not so much for the quality of the win over Germany (a team with glaring weaknesses, not including its superb goalkeeping) but for the team’s ability to finish an important game. The US was opportunistic on offense, and played markedly better than in every
